The Humans

The Humans

I may need more time. You do not need time. I am going to kill who I need to kill, don’t worry about that. We are not worried. But I am not just here to destroy information. I am here to gather it. That is what you said, wasn’t it? Stuff on mathematical understanding...
Attrib. And Other Stories

Attrib. And Other Stories

Concision A single Finnish word can describe the blast of heat that occurs when water is poured on a sauna’s brazier. Also, one Bantu verb sums up the act of discarding one’s clothes in order to dance, while a Pascuense word means ‘the swelling of...
Love In The Time Of Cholera

Love In The Time Of Cholera

The years of immobilized waiting, of hoping for good luck, were behind him, but on the horizon he could see nothing more than the unfathomable sea of imaginary illnesses, the drop-by-drop urinations of sleepless nights, the daily death at twilight. He thought that all the moments in the day, which had once been his allies and sworn accomplices, were beginning to conspire against him.

Undermajordomo Minor

Undermajordomo Minor

Mr Olderglough was not an enthusiastic guide. “This is a room,” he said, pointing as they passed. “Not much use for it these days. Better not to go in at all, is my thought. And here, here too is a room, just a room, serving no purpose whatsoever.”

Such A Pretty Little Picture

Such A Pretty Little Picture

Adelaide Wheelock’s friends – and she had many of them – said of her that there was no nonsense about her. They and she regarded it as a compliment. Sister, the Wheelocks’ five-year-old daughter, played quietly in the gravel path that divided...